Gunfixr

I give a customer his gun back next week with one of mine in it. Time will tell how it fares.

Wow. Just goes to show that with enough vodka, anything is possible.

All of the plug facing nubs are to keep a small standoff from the factory plug. It's why the factory plug has a small nub in its center, and these aftermarket plugs maintain it. The rear facing nubs increase the puck stroke to the bolt carrier. There is no comparison between the two, as they serve totally different purposes. Vortexing the gases outward would be detrimental, as that would direct the gases to the outer edge, encouraging it to bypass around the puck. That is why those mentioned pucks have the lip around the outer edge, to keep the gases centered.

Funny thing is you probably don't even know why King Armory and ETac and Chaos even had their flush center nubs. The reason is different than the rear facing extended nub, so that comparison is like apples to oranges.

The ETac one doesn't have a section protruding out the back, it's nub is flush with the front. Greg's protruded, and, interestingly enough, sod oes yours. You just made it moveable, so you could call it different. I've seen this before. You and I both know it.

Hmmm, I guess maybe I shouldn't feel so bad now. At least you guys are equal opportunity idea thieves.

I guess you or someone removed the picture. I can only speak for myself. I try not to have much, if any gap between the stock and receiver, but with some stocks a gap is unavoidable. Usually, in the beginning, the specifics of what stock will be used is determined, so the customer knows what stock will be on the weapon when he gets it back. As for the other post, I won't pass "shitty' work. If I can't get it to satisfaction, I'll say so. All conversions are test fired before they leave. If I wouldn't be happy with the work on my personal guns, then I won't be happy with it on someone elses

You guys are missing something here that is rather important. What the OP wanted was clarification that ATF wouldn't consider this mod an SBR. If he had planned to install some sort of buttplate or pad to the rear end, that's exactly what it would be, a bullpup SBR. He got essentially the same thing, but without the SBR fees/hassles. You can shoot it from the shoulder, sort of. It won't be real comfortable, but doable for close range. Or, the center of the chest thing can be done with it. Plus, as he mentioned, it's balance is vastly improved for one-handed shooting. It's kinda like the AR

Interesting. I just tweak the spring leg out some, so that it is actually trying to pull out against the side of the trigger, and it stays put.

I hope you really did not use glass beads to blast it. If so, the Duracoat probably won't stay on anyway. Need to use a blasting media, like aluminum oxide or someting similar. Hell, play sand will probably work if nothing else.

What Jack has said is spot on, as I go over the same thing, and have also welded up the bump on the barrel hood. While I polish the extractor, I don't reprofile it or change the spring. I do recut the groove in the barrel some. Some guns are so far off that the bolt has to be forced by the bump on the barrel to get behind the trunnion lugs, it's amazing they work at all. Usually, 1/2" off lockup it will go into battery on mine as well, most times less distance than that. Often, you can ease the bolt up until it touches the cam, and when you take your hand off, the recoil spring will close it,

I think we have a regular hunting type Turkish shotgun or two in the shop. I'll look next week, and get some pics if so. The innards of the 1919, ie., the gas system and barrel and bolt, look like one for sure. I'm not suggesting this is a bad thing, as it would mean thay are using a system that they have been marketing for a number of years already, and know it works. Customers already like the regular shotguns.

We've had several emails from Interstate Arms over the past week or so, starting with one from them stating that S12s were approved for import, and that the first shipment should be available for sale in about 30 days, give or take of course.

That's pretty funny right there.

Sweet. Is it just me or does the whole gun look kinda curved? It's just obvious to me since the AR rifle is straight. I need one of these to play with.

Actually, the barrel, op-rod system and bolt look like your basic sporting Turkish shotgun, with a different outer shell and fcg.

Well, barring a real ATF letter, personally I'd just assume 15 parts. CNC a hammer, trigger, and disconnect, add a US made hicap mag, and you'd be 1 part to the good. If you put the factory mag in you're 2 parts short, but not hicap, so it doesn't matter. Seems easiest to me.

Well, test fired it, using low brass Winchester game loads in a full 5rd, 8rd Surefire, 10rd AGP, 12rd Promag drum, and 20rd MDArms drum. I started by loading the 5rd mag under the closed bolt, slingshotting the bolt back and firing it empty, then going to the next larger mag. No problems, as I kind of expected. It's not even hardened yet. I did recut the engagement end, hoping to eliminate the autoloading, and it did keep it from dropping w/the 10rd AGP mag. I think I may put a stronger spring under it, but cannot go too heavy or it'll lock open before the last round is gone. I can recut it

Well, the auto closing was an accident, not something I was actually looking for. I sent an email last night to the owner of the gun that it's fitted to, and he's already said I could eliminate the auto closing and he'd be quite happy. Yes, slingshotting the bolt releases it. Really, the bolt is close enough to the mag to possibly cause occaisonal first round feed problems anyway, whether it auto closes or is manually dropped via a lever or button. Because of the design, there really isn't a good way to put a manual release on it. Other things are in the way. As for not grooving th

Well, after fighting with the LRBHO for several days, I came to the conclusion that while it can be made to work, the amount of fitting required is prohibitive (for me at least), and the gun will likely be at least somewhat finicky. To that end, I came up with my own LRBHO design. Since Tom has said that he patented his design, and my own designs hve been copied, I have gone to some length to try to be sure to not infringe on his patent. I searched the online database of the US Patent office for a couple hours, but could not find it. I went by his posts on what he included in his patent. Perh

Well, I have 3 of them that I modified in 3 different ways, and 2 cut into guns. I can and will weld up the bolt notches. I already have a design, with one prototype unit. However, I was figuring it out as I made it, and already see improvements to be made. I will make another and test it. It works similarly, always locking the bolt, except when rounds come up from the magazine and deactivate it. However, the relief of the bolt face will be significantly less. I believe it will require much less fitting as well. It does allow the rounds to come up all the way to the magazine feed lips. Howev

Of course you should stock up on ammo. You should also stock up on food, at least some water with a way to acquire and purify more, and other necessities. You should also be prepared to be self-sufficient should it appear that the problem will be long term, as you cannot store enough for a lifetime. As for using your gun to take what you need, that won't last long. "Battlefield pickups" are ok, but don't rely on that being your main supply line. You have to get into a gunfight to even reach that point, and you have to decisively win. They will be burning up their ammo trying to keep from get

I gave up on it. While it can work, there are quite a few variables, and way too much fitting required to get it to work. Also, even the pics Tom put up of the one he installed shows the beak portion of the bho sitting so low that the rounds must feed from the beak, not the magazine feed lips. Personally, I have not found a way to get the bho to allow the rounds to come all the way up to the magazine feed lips, go down far enough to clear the bolt as it passes by, and not bind the rear end of the bolt carrier at the same time. At least one of these things must be sacrificed. Usually, it is th

I've put a couple on customer guns. Haven't put one on mine. I tend to reuse the original guard, unless someone wants something specific.

Well, I worked at one of these for several hours this evening, as I have several guns to put these in. So, to that end I started the install on another gun, milling the slot in the ejector block to fit the BHO. I now have 3 of the BHOs modified, all in different ways. I think I have arrived at one of the reasons for so much difficulty at least. I have one fitted to where the gun will feed absolutely flawlessly. However, it will never eject the fired rounds. Once you get the beak end up to where the round is allowed to come up to the feed lips of the magazine, as the gun is designed to work,